MUSIC AND MONKEYS
EXPERIMENT AT A ZOO. An experiment to discover the effect of music on male and female monkeys uas lately made with a jazz band at the Jardin d’Acclimatation (Bois de Boulogne Zoo) in Paris. The jazz started with a noisy vamp. The first reaction of the audience, composed of 7b monkeys, was that all the animals, panic-strlc&en, shot up and down and finally took refuge in the corner of the big cage. A violin solo caused the animals to make an infernal noise which completely drowned the sound of the instrument. Then a man, dressed as an American sailor, danced in tho cage while the band played a dance tune. The frightened monkeys stared at the dancer in silence, but did not move from the corner where they had sought refuge. After the concert bananas and oranges were served out to the audience, which thoroughly enjoyed them, and the monkeys recovered their gaiety. A scientist who was present pronounced that it was the violin solo which had produced the most interesting reaction.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 75, Issue 179, 1 August 1932, Page 3
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